The UFC made a January debut on ION Television, a small network that allowed the promotion to bypass its cable deal with Spike TV. A two-fight lineup for the UFC 125 event scored 829,000 viewers, about half of what the UFC traditional draws for “UFC Prelims” specials on Spike TV.

Facebook, meanwhile, has been used for both UFC Fight Night 23 and UFC 126 fights. As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently reported, UFC president Dana White plans to make the social-networking giant a fixture with its future broadcast efforts.
Currently, the UFC’s Facebook account boasts nearly 5 million friends.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?